Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Women often downplay their skills and abilities, to their detriment. This can be a huge problem for women owned businesses and women entrepreneurs. If you don't believe in your skills and abilities, how will you convince others (funders, employees, and vendors) to do so? Confidence radiates out from you and attracts the people and circumstances you need, therefore, it is crucial to build your self confidence in any area in which it is lacking. Here is a presentation by two noted female journalists that illuminates this issue and provides some relatively quick activities women can engage in throughout the day, everyday, to boost their comfort in acknowledging and championing their abilities. In addition, these activities can help boost self confidence.

"Take a half hour while you're working and become aware of your inner dialogue. Be on alert for any obsessive or catastrophic thinking. Practice halting the negative ideas with an alternative positive scenario. Notice how the intervention stops the cycle."

Women entrepreneurs, take heed. Try the above. If you notice negative thoughts, do this 2-3x per day, until those thoughts no longer arise!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

What Entities Get 1099s?:

What Entities Get 1099s ? The 1099 Video Series

Introduction:

Independent contractors provide a number of different services in any given year. Attorneys and accountants, IT providers, sales representatives Most must receive 1099s. http:// www.cash4impact.com/1099-guide

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses now offers a national cohort at
Babson College (MA) that will allow select business owners in markets that do
not have a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program the opportunity
to matriculate both on-line and in person, free of charge.

National Urban League is recruiting qualified, eligible candidates that would
benefit from this program to apply TODAY. Basic program qualifications are as
follows:

Applicant must be an owner or co-owner of a business

Business must be in operation for at least two years

Business revenues must be between $150,000 and $4
million in the most recent fiscal year

Business must have at least 4 full-time employees
(including the owner)

Since 2010, the National Urban League has served
as a national partner of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses. Through
this partnership, our participating Affiliates continue to successfully recruit
hundreds of minority businesses that graduate from the program and gain access
to capital. Benefits to program alumni include increased efficiency in
operations; increases in revenue; improvements in daily operations and
long-term goals. But, more importantly, these businesses fuel our
nation’s economy by creating jobs and adding to the economy in underserved U.S.
markets.

With more than 3,500 business owners who have graduated from the program, we
need your assistance to get more deserving businesses to apply. Please click on
the below link to apply to the program in your local market and to the national
cohort, if your city is not in the listing.

Additional information about this program can be provided by Terry Clark, VP,
Entrepreneurship and Business Development, NUL at 212-558-5379 or by e-mail at tclark@nul.org.